WINSTON-SALEM — There’s no shortage of those taking responsibility for Wake Forest’s offensive doldrums a quarter of the way through the season.

“The way we’re playing right now offensively and the lack of intensity, it doesn’t matter what we’re doing,” coach Jim Grobe said. “We’re just a very lethargic, sloppy offensive football team. That’s me, that’s the head coach.”

The offense has been so sluggish that Grobe said the unit has been “asleep at the wheel.”

The Demon Deacons (1-2) can’t afford to hit the snooze button again with Saturday’s visit to Army approaching.

“We’re going to get things stirred up,” Grobe said. “It might not be stirred in the right direction.

“We’ve got to get a spark, somehow. It’s not a problem that can’t be fixed. I will tell you one thing, we will play with more intensity.”

Players took the blame, too, coming off Saturday’s 21-19 loss to Louisiana-Monroe.

“None of us are pleased or satisfied with our performance,” quarterback Tanner Price said. “We need to play a lot better and just come out this week and work as hard as we can. We can’t let this game define us, and there’s still a lot of football left.”

The Demon Deacons were given numerous chances to catch up in the second half, finally scoring a touchdown with four seconds remaining and then failing to pull off a two-point conversion.

“The two drives before that (last touchdown) drive, I threw a few balls in the dirt,” Price said.

Price said he didn’t show confidence in his offensive line after absorbing a few sacks. That resulted in “a footwork thing, just poor mechanics,” he said.

Even with senior receiver Michael Campanaro tying an Atlantic Coast Conference record by making 16 catches against Louisiana-Monroe, it wasn’t enough. He accounted for more than half of the team’s 28 receptions.

“It’s just tough out there for the offense just to get things going,” Campanaro said. “As a group, we just have to work better and we have to work together.”

Wake Forest’s defense has looked sturdy, particularly compared to what the Demon Deacons have done on offense.

“Defense is playing really well and we’re not returning the favor,” Price said.

Grobe has put most of his emphasis publically on igniting the offense.

“We make mistakes and we look like we’re in molasses,” Grobe said. “We have no sense of urgency. We’ve got to turn the volume up, and that’s my responsibility.”